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The Motivation Program For HS Teachers
Our motivation program consists of proactive lessons for students in grades seven through twelve. The program provides an immediate and effective tool for motivating students. It is available as data files on computer CD for quick printing. By using the material from the CD, you can personalize and modify the material before you print the pages for students to use.
Each packet contains several pages of narrative, three fictional vignettes to engage the reader's imagination, and a set of questions. Some of the text may be expanded, combined or omitted, depending on the topic. The packet structure is generally as follows:
A general introduction to the packet topic, which covers a definition of motivation and explores some of the reasons why people may have motivational problems with regard to the topic. This portion of the Packet appeals to the cognitive side of the student's personality.
Specific exploration of the value of motivation, which offers advice and encouragement to the students with regard to becoming motivated and seeking goals.
A few suggestions about planning, including steps toward setting goals as well as overcoming obstacles that might prevent students from reaching their goals, which include possible steps and attitudes that will enhance the probability of success.
Illustrative fictional stories that depict approaches to the topic under discussion. These stories center around characters with whom the reader might identify: someone who had the same motivational problems as the reader and overcame them. The stories create an emotively evocative context within which readers may experience vicariously the implications of their own actions. This portion of the packet appeals to the emotive side of the student's personality.
A Response section, which includes directions and 10 question about the narrative text and the stories.
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